Scorpions to open season on the road

Updated 1:58 am, Tuesday, December 13, 2011

The expansion San Antonio Scorpions will open their North American Soccer League schedule on April 7 on the road against the Atlanta Silverbacks. The team’s home opener comes April 15 at Heroes Stadium against the Puerto Rico Islanders.

The Scorpions, owned by businessman Gordon Hartman, will reveal their first player signee and assistant coaches at a news conference Wednesday afternoon.

The reigning NASL champion Minnesota Stars and regular-season titlists Carolina Railhawks will face off in Minneapolis in the opening weekend of a 25-week regular season. Each team will face the seven other NASL teams four times for a 28-game schedule.